User talk:Empichon

November 2018
Hello, I'm Longhair. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Byte (magazine) have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Longhair\talk 11:44, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Byte (magazine). Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Your edit here to Byte (magazine) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://empichon72.free.fr/revues/byte/sommaires_byte.php) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 10:05, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 03:34, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * This does seem to be the person's name, unless I am missing something(I could be). 331dot (talk) 18:52, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It may well be, (the name isn't clear), but then why is he spamming his website at empichon72.free.fr? We could change the block to spam if it makes him feel better, or he could stop doing that,and switch to helping the Project without having a COI in the postings. I am open to both, but I would prefer the second choice. -- Alexf(talk) 20:04, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Empichon, would you agree to stop editing about your website? What would you edit about instead? 331dot (talk) 20:11, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * @331dot @Alexf User:Longhair blocked me the first. (You can get more information in his/her talk page.) At the end of the talk, he/she could not see any more reason to block me. So, I added the link again. Then Alexf blocked me... In short, the link leads to a section devoted to Byte magazine. My only goal is to make available an index of more than 12,000 articles with direct access to the "Byte magazine" section of archive.org (first external link on the wikipedia page of Byte Magazine). My aim is to share information and not my personal promotion. If I could put this index in wikipedia, I'll do it willingly. If you still consider it is spam, you can leave the blocking on my user and delete the link because I would not have any reason to participate in wikipedia. I thank you in any case. Regards. Empichon (talk) 13:31, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


 * May I just add that I did not block you first, I blocked a sockpuppet account of yours used to evade this existing block. I did initially remove the links you added to the article however then left the issue alone when I noticed the link contained no advertising. I do notice that your link is now being rejected by a bot as an unwelcome link which is something I have played no part in and you'd need to investigate for yourself why your link has been deemed unsuitable, quite possibly because it's promotion of a web site you are directly affiliated with. --Longhair\talk 13:37, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


 * @Longhair Please accept my apologies. You're absolutely right. I only wanted to refer to the beginning of our exchanges in your talk page (Removed link to http://empichon72...) to inform Alexf and 331dot of what happened before their intervention.

December 2018
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Yunshui 雲 水 08:45, 11 December 2018 (UTC)